BERLIN - The leader of Iraq's Kurds, Masoud Barzani, appealed to Germany for weapons to help Kurdish fighters battling militants of the Islamic State, and said foreign powers must find a way to cut off the group's funding.
The European Union on Friday gave a green light to EU governments to supply arms and ammunition to the Kurds if it has the consent of the government in Baghdad.Barzani also said foreign governments had to find a way to choke off Islamic State's sources of funding. He estimated that the IS took in $3 million every day via compulsory levies and oil theft.
